Mac OS X 10.4.9 Special Report: Persistent booting into Windows
Some users experience an issue where their Macs consistently boot into the copy of Windows installed under Boot Camp after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.9.
A Wired Blog posting details a situation where some Intel-based Macs continuously boot into Windows (via Boot Camp) after the Mac OS X 10.4.9 update.
In the blog posting, Steve Gilbertson writes:
"Yesterday evening, while getting ready to post a few things to Monkey Bites, Apple?s Software Update program popped up to remind me that OS X 10.4.9 was available. [...] When I came back I noticed my Macbook had booted into Windows Vista rather than OS X. Frustrated, but not alarmed, I rebooted, held down the option key and noticed that the OS X drive was already selected. I hit return and the Macbook promptly booted into Vista again. Not Good."
Steve's solution was as follows:
- Startup his Mac from the original Mac OS X installation media (DVD) by inserting it into the optical drive and holding down the "C" key
- Select your language
- Select the Startup Disk preferences from "Installer" menu
- Select the Mac OS X partition
- Restart
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Index:
- Release notes
- Update procedure recommendation
- Common workarounds for when things go wrong post-update
- Downgrading to Mac OS X 10.4.8 (uninstalling Mac OS X 10.4.9)
- Files modified by this update
- AirPort: Loss of connectivity, card not recognized, more
- Application launch problems
- Bluetooth device issues
- Classic: Will not run, other issues
- Desktop icons missing
- Disk images not mounting
- Eject key issues: Longer duration before action takes place
- External optical drives: hardware errors
- Final Cut Pro/Express: Capture issues, performance concerns
- Finder persistently crashes and re-launches
- Frozen windows
- iSync issues/general synchronization problems
- Mail.app: junk filters not working
- Microsoft Office: Various issues
- Networking problems with Mac OS 9 systems
- Persistent booting into Windows
- Printer problems, fixes
- Problems starting up
- Quicken: .Mac backup failure: Fixes
- Resolved issues
- Secure site access broken: fixes
- Segmentation faults
- Server connection drops
- Third-party device issues (Nikon Capture NX, Griffin AirClick, more)
- Update to Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 for best performance
- Volume significantly louder: boon for some, drawback for others
- VPN connectivity issues
- WWAN update included, how to remove
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